Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-15874 - Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability in Busybox 1.27.2

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
busybox
CWE-191
nessus

Summary

archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Underflow that leads to a read access violation.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Busybox
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201803-12.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201803-12 (BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BusyBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have other unspecified impacts. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id108627
published2018-03-27
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108627
titleGLSA-201803-12 : BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities